This video, via Yannick Zenhäusern, offers his take on the Tecontrol USB MIDI Breath & Bite Controller 2 (BBC 2). The BBC 2 features four sensors, including breath, bite and head tilt in two directions.
Developer Jonathan Mackenzie has released scriptSONIC Free – an intro version of his programmable musical instrument for the iPad. scriptSONIC is designed to let you create and control interactive musical patterns using simple JavaScript code. The free version lets you try out the app and experiment with 17 different projects that you can use and modify.
AudioThing has introduced Speaker – a simple overdrive effect with speaker emulation, for OS X & Windows. Speaker can be used to make any audio source sound as if it’s being played on an old radio. It can also be used to emulate a cheap guitar cabinet or to give harshness to any sound. Here’s an official… Read More New Plugin, ‘Speaker’, Makes Anything Sound Like It’s Being Played On An Old Radio
Developer Yuri Turov has introduced Shoom, an ‘expressive XY pad synthesizer’ that offers three identical synth engines and support for both 12-tone equal temperament and xenharmonic + microtonal music. Features: Three independent synthesizers 20–20,000 Hz pitch range Slide freely or snap notes to scale with adjustable glide rate Set notes to infinite hold using a… Read More New iPad Synth, Shoom, Offers Three Synth Engines, Microtonal Support
Bruno Ender Lee performs Cosmic Sequence, part 1 & 2, live in the studio.
Organizers have announce plans for the Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music, being held Nov 10-13 in Birmingham, England. The inaugural Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music will take place across four days and three venues. The line-up includes highly influential ambient industrialists :zoviet*france; Kraut-rock’ and electronica collective Gnod; Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur; DJ Rusty Egan of Visage fame… Read More The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music Coming To England Nov 2016
Humberto Matias of Stardust Covers let us know that they’ve introduced 20 new custom synth dust covers, for both vintage and modern keyboards.
Developer Cyrille Henry let us know about a new Arduino-based monophonic synthesizer, the One Chip Synth (OSC-2). The OCS-2 is a complete virtual analog synth voice in Eurorack format. Here are a couple of video demos:
CZsounds is a new site that offers custom patch libraries for the vintage Casio CZ line of synthesizers. Here’s what the developer has to say about the site:
Designer Paul Soulsby of Soulsby Synthesizers let us know about a couple of updates that bring new functionality to the Atmegatron:
